Role of the Financial Institutions in Enron's Collapse: Hearings by the Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.s. Senate
New York Post (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Fidler for Finance? The chair for the City Council’s powerful Finance Committee could have a Brooklyn state of mind. Three names reported as potential successors to current chair David Weprin include Brooklyn lawmakers Lew Fidler, Simcha Felder and D...
News from around the World (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee Chairman has given a favor to Melodee Hanes, his girlfriend by recommending Melodee for U.S. attorney. But it was surprising that Melodee went to change the decision during the selection process. Melodee Hanes, the former state office director has deep relationship with Max Baucus from the time Baucus divorced his wife. [...] No related posts.
Above Average Jane (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
In keeping with tonight's 6th congressional district theme, this is from today's inbox: Today, Pike for Congress is announcing the formation of its Finance Committee and its first 9 members, who have pledged to help Doug Pike turn the 6th District blue in 2010. Each of the distinguished members of the committee will be invaluable to our efforts. Sam Becker - Partner, Blank Rome...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
The Senate’s busy day has begun: Gaveling in at 10:45, the chamber stood at ease for meetings of the Rules and Finance committees.
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Congress’ Best (And Worst) Committee Web Sites Barack Obama punched his ticket to the White House with the help of innovative digital campaigning, and since arriving he’s overhauled and created high-profile Web sites like WhiteHouse.gov and Recovery.gov. Yet amidst this push for transparency, some Congressional committee Web sites — crucial for disseminating hearing...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
GAO, The Research Tax Credit’s Design and Administration Can Be Improved (GAO-10-136) Senate Finance Committee press release, Baucus, Grassley, Hatch Revisit Research and Development Tax Credit Senate Finance Committee press release, Finance Senators Propose Improvements to Research and Development Tax Credit Senate Bill, The ‘‘Grow Research Opportunities...
musings (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
I know this gets confusing - and, frankly, tiresome - but the Hotze saga continues, and this time there is a question of campaign coordination between the Locke campaign and Hotze's PAC. That would be illegal. A third party PAC can't, by law, coordinate campaign activities with the campaign. Locke's finance chair, Ned Holmes , gave Hotze's PAC $20,000, specifically for the purpose of helping...
Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from......
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
As a result of the ongoing controversy over conflicts of interest among academic researchers and industry, yet another university has agreed to disclose financial relationships between faculty and drug and device makers. The move comes amid pressure by the US Senate Finance Committee, which recently sent letters to several universities for such information (back story). And [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from drug and medical device manufacturers and insurance companies.
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nice. The finance chairman and a finance committee member of Gene Locke’s mayoral campaign helped bankroll the conservative political action committee that sent out an anti-gay mailer targeting City Controller Annise Parker and other municipal candidates earlier this month, according to Texas Ethics Commission documents. [...] Locke has been dogged by Parker, her supporters...
Texas Freedom Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
We told you that a group of anti-gay extremists has launched a coordinated attack campaign against Annise Parker, an openly gay candidate in Houston’s mayoral runoff on Dec. 12. Now the Houston Chronicle is reporting that the finance chairman and a finance committee member for Parker’s opponent, Gene Locke, may have helped bankroll those attacks from the fringe [...]...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from drug and medical device manufacturers and insurance companies.
MiddletownMike (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
At tonight's Middeltown Township Workshop meeting, the members of the Committee intend to introduce Emergency Appropriation Resolution 09-277 . As I posted Thursday, the intention of this resolution is to borrow against next years budget $1.5 million, in order to pay worker's compensation claims and other employee medical benefits. With just a few weeks left in the calendar year, this emergency...
Right Wing Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last month, openly gay Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker was targeted by an anti-gay activist who 35,000 copies distributed a mailing picturing Parker and her partner under the headline "Is This The Image Houston Wants To Portray?" Now, according to the Houston Chronicle, Parker's opponent's campaign has been bankrolling efforts to attack her over her sexuality : The finance...
